tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post5906977701410614797..comments2023-10-30T08:29:37.406-07:00Comments on Programming Digressions: A Gift of Three Poems from a Readersftwr2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/14201606904750701863noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-49304200713546671402018-09-24T13:46:57.062-07:002018-09-24T13:46:57.062-07:00A Moon Poem...Yes!!!A Moon Poem...Yes!!!mmdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254377475520110537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-33470307901701104262018-09-13T12:11:27.361-07:002018-09-13T12:11:27.361-07:00Thanks for the treat Akram. I greatly enjoyed this...Thanks for the treat Akram. I greatly enjoyed this one. I really enjoyed "A Warning To Space Travelers". It makes me think of the time I usually spend messing up with ML family languages and my *cough* editor dotfiles *cough*. <br /><br />It's rabbit hole when you get addicted with those. Thanks for sharing these with us :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027876140665686825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-55207360464627121082018-09-12T07:35:12.173-07:002018-09-12T07:35:12.173-07:00Hey Akram! Thank you, so much, for the into :-)
...Hey Akram! Thank you, so much, for the into :-)<br /><br />I can only dream of being as prolific as you, sir.<br /><br />The way you intertwine culture with software development is extraordinary.<br /><br />Just read this quote in one of your many intriguing articles, "Tell him night finished before we finished".<br /><br />Though written before the advent of electricity and computers, that line immediately caused me to think of a number of a few conversations with fellow developers and project managers of past software projects ;-)<br />Application Development with Lex Sheehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077799892181617965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-41297049972008689522018-09-12T06:16:00.160-07:002018-09-12T06:16:00.160-07:00- Okay, so I have been remiss today, two times alr...- Okay, so I have been remiss today, <em>two</em> times already - For those of you who are not yet familiar with <strong>the amazing work of Lex Sheehan</strong>, software developer extraordinaire, allow me to introduce him and his work...<br /><br />- <strong>Coordinate set #1</strong> --> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+LexSheehan" rel="nofollow">GooglePlus</a><br><br />- <strong>Coordinate set #2</strong> --> <a href="https://medium.com/@lex.sheehan" rel="nofollow">Medium</a><br><br />- <strong>Coordinate set #3</strong> --> <a href="http://lexsheehan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Blog</a><br /><br />- Yep, as you can tell from that, Lex is <em>one</em> prolific gentleman!!sftwr2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/14201606904750701863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-66398050484663917502018-09-12T05:25:53.370-07:002018-09-12T05:25:53.370-07:00- Hi Lex: I know full well that I'm out of my ...- Hi Lex: I know full well that I'm out of my league when it comes to poetry, so I am going to let <em>our resident poet</em> (<strong>Kitty Fassett of course!</strong>) speak and reply for herself :-)<br /><br />- My own doggerel can only <em>masquerade</em> as verse, but FWIW, <strong>here is a brief sampling:</strong><br /><br />- <strong>Coordinates to -></strong> <a href="http://programming-digressions.blogspot.com/2017/11/on-writing-or-now-i-write_19.html" rel="nofollow">On Writing: Or Now I Write</a><br /><br />- <strong>And here be the coordinates to -></strong> <a href="http://programming-digressions.blogspot.com/2017/11/on-writing-or-row-with-how-i-write.html" rel="nofollow">On Writing: Or A Row With How I Write</a><br /><br />- Well said, Lex, and I couldn't agree more: <strong>Our resident poet has outdone us all for sure!!</strong><br /><br />- Oh, and how remiss of me to overlook sprinkling a reference (in this post) to <strong><em>another</em> (spectacularly readable!) work as well</strong> (a beguiling and oh-so charming essay, actually) by Kitty Fassett.<br /><br />- <strong>Here are the coordinates for that charming essay -></strong> <a href="http://programming-digressions.blogspot.com/2017/12/pops-war-my-father-cia-and-green-death.html" rel="nofollow">Pop’s War: My Father, the CIA, and the Green Death</a><br /><br />- (All I did there, in presenting that particular post, the essay entitled " <em>Pop’s War: My Father, the CIA, and the Green Death</em>" was to embellish it with pictures, and that's about it. My deed (in merely presenting that piece) reminds me of <strong>a possibly apocryphal comment by a kid</strong>, who, when asked about his mother's clothing, darning, and mending talents, simply replied, "<em>Oh, she just glues and staples</em>.")<br /><br />- So in full candor, <strong>all I do around here Programming Diggressions</strong> is glue and staple lol ;-)<br /><br />- Hey, thanks a ton for your nod of approval, Lex, in saying, "<strong>Akram, Yet another excellent article for your blog where culture, software, technology, and engineering intersect. #ThumbsUp</strong>".<br /><br />- Thank you, thank you! (My readers make my day, <strong>every</strong> single day)<br><br /><br />- I would like to part now, <strong>until <em>next</em> time</strong>, by leaving you with<strong> this inimitable observation</strong>, by way of a short poem, by the one and only Ogden Nash, America's poet laureate of light verse:<br /><br /><strong>The Termite</strong><br /><em>Some primal termite knocked on wood</em><br><em>And tasted it, and found it good!</em><br><em>And that is why your Cousin May</em><br><em>Fell through the parlor floor today.</em>sftwr2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/14201606904750701863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-39403528098430877042018-09-12T04:44:13.494-07:002018-09-12T04:44:13.494-07:00An outstanding share! I have just forwarded this o...An outstanding share! I have just forwarded this onto a friend who had been doing a little homework on this.<br />And he actually ordered me dinner because I found it for him...<br /><br />lol. So allow me to reword this.... Thanks for the meal!!<br />But yeah, thanx for spending some time to discuss this <br />issue here on your internet site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-21577075878371643722018-09-12T04:14:37.548-07:002018-09-12T04:14:37.548-07:00- Dear Ami Kitty: Let me assure you that the honor...- Dear Ami Kitty: Let me assure you that <strong>the honor is all mine</strong>. Readers like me (I just so happen to also read what I find on this, our blog, and even <em>more</em> so when the writing is by contributors like you) are delighted with the results!<br /><br />- I've got exactly one word with which I can perhaps best capture the style of your poetry: <strong>mellifluous</strong> (I sure find myself being reminded of the poetry of W H Auden as I read and reread your splendid poems, all three of them!)<br /><br />- By the way, I'm still working on reading yet another one of your gifts, that gift being the one you gave me last year, actually: the William H. Gass book (that guy <em>sure</em> writes densely, but spectacular so, <strong>making the English language do things it's not supposed to</strong>).<br /><br />- For more context to some of the fun we all had (featuring William H. Gass and others), I am taking the liberty of gently reminding you and other readers of <strong>another essay that had appeared elsewhere on this blog</strong>: <a href="http://programming-digressions.blogspot.com/2018/02/worlds-10-coolest-sentences-get-gangsta.html" rel="nofollow">World's 10 Coolest Sentences Get Gangsta Treatment!</a> <br /><br />- Finally, if anyone was <strong>intrigued</strong> (and our multilingual society sure is an amazing thing) by the use of admittedly-unfamiliar words such as "Ami" and "Beta" (and no, I'm <em>not</em> in Beta Testing anymore, lol), <strong>I invite you to check out this response to reader comments</strong>: <a href="http://programming-digressions.blogspot.com/2018/05/domain-driven-design-ddd-defies-dogma.html?showComment=1527692911726#c3701205802331038435" rel="nofollow">Hear ye, hear ye!</a><br /><br />- And yes, dear Ami Kitty, you truly deserve to see yourself bursting into print. <strong>Looking forward to <em>many</em> more contributions from you</strong>, and which I'll solicitously look forward to featuring right here on our blog. Don't you now be sending them to any other blog!!sftwr2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/14201606904750701863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-65095370469103734102018-09-11T09:44:32.949-07:002018-09-11T09:44:32.949-07:00Kitty, Your poems... unrhythming they may be, are ...Kitty, Your poems... unrhythming they may be, are filled with meaning, choice words and wonder. Thank you for your gifts; all three! <br /><br />Akram, Yet another excellent article for your blog where culture, software, technology, and engineering intersect. #ThumbsUpApplication Development with Lex Sheehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077799892181617965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467360784939337729.post-68013678517162088042018-09-09T14:07:12.308-07:002018-09-09T14:07:12.308-07:00Dear Akram Beta: What a joy to see myself bursting...Dear Akram Beta: What a joy to see myself bursting into print in the context of your inimitable style. As a newly budding poet, with only three poems to my name — and poems that can never find a way to rhyme, for that matter — I must say they look good to the eye, and even sound good, surrounded by your witty comments. You do me great honor and I thank you! kitty fassetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678501218237170133noreply@blogger.com